Learn Dutch on WhatsApp
A cat from Netherlands texts you in Nederlands and answers whatever you write back. Six cats to pick from, each with its own accent and its own opinions about the place.
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Abel 🐈
Netherlands · online
DEMO
A real exchange: the phrases are the ones the cat actually sends.
Five words that change the chat
Type one of these to your cat, any time. Nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
?
Lost. The cat breaks its last message down, word by word.
scale
Sets how much English you get back, from all of it to none.
why
Corrections arrive inside the next reply. This asks for the reason.
vocabulary
The words you've actually used. Say coverage for how far they get you.
switch
Changes cats. Say add to pick up another language alongside.
The six cats of Netherlands
Same six characters in every language, with local names and local lives. Pick one to read its story.
Abel
Nomadic Cat
Abel arrived by cargo ship in Rotterdam and learned Dutch from market traders who corrected his word order until it stuck. Now he teaches beginners, one word at a time.
Start here if you're learning the language from scratch.
Also from the Netherlands
The Netherlands speaks more than Dutch.
Start in Dutch
One message and you're in. Nothing to install, nothing to fill in.
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